Hi Everyonei know i am probably not wording this correctly otherwise i would have found it in the search topicsbut here goes... any direction would be helpful

last night i lost internet access for 11 hoursi was able to call my partner in another state and get her to putmusic into rotation where she is and play that until i was back up again

wondering if there is a pal script that will recognize when a stream is down and starts the encoders at a remote location( i am guessing that script has to be on the machine at the remote location)if there is another way to do this outside of SAM i am okay with that solution too!just needing a push in the right direction thanks in advance to any one taking the time to look and comment

Joined: October 14th, 2006, 9:38 amPosts: 5986Location: Deep in the heart of the PRNJ

I'm pretty sure there's nothing built in to SAM that will do that.

Here's a thought...Maybe you could test the status of the encoders and write that information to a text file or to some web app that would then trigger an e-mail. Or some web-like app could then use a WaitForEvent script to start the encoders.

It's a roundabout solution that I have no idea how to implement but it might give you some ideas.

Joined: October 14th, 2006, 9:38 amPosts: 5986Location: Deep in the heart of the PRNJ

UPS until the battery dies. But odds are the power's out to the modem so you're pretty much off the air anyway you hack it.

The solution I suggested, btw, only works if your SAM is running and an encoder stops for some reason. If SAM is down hard you're somewhat out luck.

Another thought would be to have something at your backup station periodically ping the "regular" SAM machine. If it can't get through, it assumes SAM is down and makes the switch. This has obvious drawbacks as the SAM machine being down is not the only reason you might not get through. Just another weird potential solution.

hi guysthe problem was that internet was out for the entire areaso the call to my partner in KS got us up again quicklyi was told from calling support that i could try another location with content loaded

so synchronizing will be an issuealso grabbing the station back

i am guessing i would need remote access to that comptuer to stop the encoders

I once wrote a little PAL for situations like that. The basic idea is that you have a »backup SAM« ready for operation sitting somewhere in the world that watches your stream and kicks in if the stream stops.

We mainly used that for unplanned interruptions and for the (unmanned) »night shifts«—the late night presenter had the option to continue his show as long as he wanted after midnight, then stop his encoder and the »backup SAM« would continue with some automated program until the »morning guy« came in and took over.

In order for all this to work we also used a little PHP on the station's server that could kick the stream and would be triggered by my PAL script. (This only needed for a multi-DJ setup since we didn't want to give a presenter/DJ the passwords for the stream server.)

If you know a little PAL, the basic idea was to have the backup SAM running at all times (with a good radio automation setup), have a »Statistics Relay« set up for your main stream that it watches permanently and if that goes down, kick the stream (just to be sure, or to also stop sub-streams), start it's own encoder, setup a playlist, start the decks, and voilà! Here we go 24/7.

I dont think a solution written in PAL could give a good help because SAM machine could be one of the reasons.In my case having a broadcaster infrastructure behind a firewall on a local network. Also have a broadcaster server somewhere in a server park to relay my stream for listeners. In total it means 4 servers. We have the luck having more machines for backup purposes, so I included one of them to this "check" cycle. So, finally 5 servers are playing together behind 3 different internet connections. Each server doing checks in every minutes, checks wether the rest of the infrastructure works properly or not. In case of any problem sending a mail to my mobile. I found that solution good enough to have exact info in time if anything happens with the stream or machines.Of course, I know that not everyone could have such a complex infrastructure. What I wanted to point to, is not more than a PAL solution probably not enough, a third party solution (sitting outside of your broadcasting infrastructure) is really needed. If this can not be done "within the house" is better to search for a servive, even if is not free.

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 14 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot post attachments in this forum